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October 2013
Supplement

Remaking Singapore

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian Ketels

Keywords: Competitiveness; Economic Development; Strategy; Singapore

May 2011
Teaching Note

The Dutch Flower Cluster (TN)

By: Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo and Michael E. Porter

Teaching Note for 711507. View Details

Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Auctions; Industry Clusters; Competition; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Netherlands; China; Colombia; Ecuador; Kenya

1993
Chapter

Kokusai Marketing to Kyousou Senryaku (International Marketing and Competitive Strategy)

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Trade

December 2004
Teaching Note

Volvo Trucks (A): Penetrating the U.S. Market (TN)

By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell

Teaching Note to (9-702-418). View Details

Keywords: United States; Europe

March 2003 (Revised March 2010)
Supplement

The Australian Wine Cluster: Supplementary Information

By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell

Supplements The California Wine Cluster. View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Australia

May 1991 (Revised May 1992)
Case

Georgia-Pacific Corp.: Corporate Strategy

By: Michael E. Porter and Garth Saloner

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Pulp and Paper Industry

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01 Jun 2012
News

In Brief

honors. More Porter, Kanter Win McKinsey Awards HBS professors Michael Porter and Rosabeth Moss Kanter have won the 2011 McKinsey Awards for best articles published in the Harvard Business Review last year.... View Details

Keywords: meta; contests; awards

July 2010
Other Article

Clusters and Entrepreneurship

By: Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern

This article examines the role of regional clusters in regional entrepreneurship. We focus on the distinct influences of convergence and agglomeration on growth in the number of start-up firms as well as in employment in these new firms in a given region-industry.... View Details

Keywords: Economics

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February 2003 (Revised March 2006)
Case

Asociacion Colombiana de Industrias Plasticas (Acoplasticos)

By: Michael E. Porter and Willis M. Emmons III

Acoplasticos was established in 1961 as a lobbying group for Colombia's major plastics manufacturing companies. In the early 1980s, the organization shifted its focus toward improving the productivity of the Colombian plastics and rubber cluster, which also included... View Details

Keywords: Cooperation; Information Technology; Alliances; Research and Development; Business and Government Relations; Performance Productivity; Developing Countries and Economies; Manufacturing Industry; Chemical Industry; Colombia

July 2013 (Revised May 2017)
Case

European Integration: Meeting the Competitiveness Challenge

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian Ketels

The case discusses the origins and development of the European Integration process from the post-war period up to 2007, focusing particularly on the efforts of the Lisbon-agenda under way since 2000 to enhance Europe's competitiveness. It discusses the different policy... View Details

Keywords: Integration; Globalized Economies and Regions; Competition; Development Economics; Global Range; Policy; Failure; European Union; Europe

May 1997 (Revised May 1998)
Case

Progressive Corporation

By: Michael E. Porter and Nicolaj Siggelkow

Progressive is a leader in providing nonstandard (high-risk) automobile insurance to drivers across America, with a long record of extraordinary profitability. Progressive is facing a challenge in its segment from Allstate, the industry leader, and must decide how to... View Details

Keywords: Insurance; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Planning; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Auto Industry; Insurance Industry; United States

01 Mar 2012
News

Competitiveness at Risk

project is chaired by Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, who are joined by a team of HBS faculty together with thought leaders from other... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

January 2003
Background Note

Institutions for Collaboration: Overview

By: Michael E. Porter and Willis M. Emmons III

Provides an overview of the wide variety of organizations other than firms, government ministries and regulatory agencies, and universities that may have significant effects on competitiveness. These intermediary entities, referred to as institutions for collaboration... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Labor Unions; Organizations; Competitive Strategy; Technology

25 Mar 2015
News

The Greening of Houston

through or new to Houston, this can be surprising. You’ll find high rises on the edge of the nicest neighborhoods or strip malls in the middle of other parts of the city that are somewhat incongruous with strip malls.” But the city has plenty of vibrant green spaces,... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Special Design Services; Professional Services; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

1997
Chapter

Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship

By: Michael E. Porter and Claas van der Linde

Keywords: Natural Environment; Competition; Innovation and Invention

01 Dec 2004
News

Ideas: Books

the best location to start a business, assemble the necessary resources, adapt to local environments, and execute for success. Creating Value through International Strategy edited by Africa Arino, Pankaj Ghemawat, and Joan View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

May–June 2020
Article

The Agenda for the Next Generation of Health Care Information Technology

By: Thomas W. Feeley, Zachary Landman and Michael E. Porter

As the diffusion of value-based health care efforts accelerates globally, the need for interoperable information technology systems that support value-based care is essential. Such systems are needed to facilitate dramatic improvements in patient outcomes and... View Details

Keywords: Value-based Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Integration; Performance Improvement; Performance Efficiency